Claire Atherton

An analysis of the work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman (1950-2015), an experimental and innovative artist, both in content and form, who has left her mark on cultural memory and on the creations of other artists.

I Don’t Belong Anywhere - Le Cinéma de Chantal Akerman, explores some of the Belgian filmmaker’s 40 plus films. From Brussels to Tel-Aviv, from Paris to New-York, this documentary charts the sites of her peregrinations. An experimental filmmaker, a nomad, Chantal Akerman shares her cinematic trajectory, one that has never ceased to interrogate the the meaning of her existence. Thanks in great part to the interventions of her editor, Claire Atherton, she delineates the origins of her film language and her aesthetic stance.

After a series of rapes in broad daylight in 1985, a demonstration takes place in September. Leaflets accuse the "immigrant criminal underworld." Immigrants and Muslims are blamed. Eight feminists: Claire Atherton (editing), Claire Auzias, Marie-Jo Dhavernas, Catherine Deudon, Anne Faisandier (camera), Liliane Kandel, Nadja Ringart and Ioana Wieder want to testify and fight sexism wherever they come from and whoever the authors are. They decide to realize a documentary. They meet Souad Benani and Malika Bennabi, activists of the group Les Nanas Beurs, then Fatima and Rosa, activists of SOS Racisme. Then three anti-racist activists : Harlem Désir, Adil Jazouli, Sami Nair to discuss it.

After a series of rapes in broad daylight in 1985, a demonstration takes place in September. Leaflets accuse the "immigrant criminal underworld." Immigrants and Muslims are blamed. Eight feminists: Claire Atherton (editing), Claire Auzias, Marie-Jo Dhavernas, Catherine Deudon, Anne Faisandier (camera), Liliane Kandel, Nadja Ringart and Ioana Wieder want to testify and fight sexism wherever they come from and whoever the authors are. They decide to realize a documentary. They meet Souad Benani and Malika Bennabi, activists of the group Les Nanas Beurs, then Fatima and Rosa, activists of SOS Racisme. Then three anti-racist activists : Harlem Désir, Adil Jazouli, Sami Nair to discuss it.